Near low-income Medicare beneficiaries experience significant affordability challenges, facing higher financial burdens and medical debt compared to other income groups. Despite similar health status ...

Who and what each type of health care program covers ...

Seniors are becoming increasingly overburdened by marketing efforts from private Medicare plans, and low-income beneficiaries are twice as likely to file complaints regarding fraudulent phone calls ...

Almost everyone 65 and older has received marketing related to Medicare, but some have reported experiences with Medicare marketing that violate federal rules, including marketers asking for Social ...

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income face significant health care affordability challenges, despite moderate out-of-pocket spending. Current financial assistance programs inadequately protect ...

Loss of a Medicare drug benefit could spell death for thousands of Americans People are 4% more likely to die if they lose their Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy The risk is even higher among people ...

Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy Program could be eligible this year to pay no more than $2.50 for generic drugs and $6.30 for brand name drugs, according to a ...

Nursing homes that treat a large share of low-income Medicare patients have such high margins that they don’t need a bonus payment to help maintain access, a panel that advises Congress on Medicare ...

Commissioners on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission largely supported recommendations to increase pay for physicians and other health professionals by slightly less than inflation, and establish ...

Patients with cancer who participated in the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy program were less likely to receive any systemic cancer therapy compared with patients not participating in the program. Among ...

An oft-heard criticism of the new health care law is that its major provisions do not kick in until 2014, leaving little immediate benefit for most Americans, especially those struggling in this ...